A Hero of the Turf & his Agent

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Artist/Maker	Dighton, Robert (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Caricature portraits of Col. Henry Francis Mellish and Francis Buckle, the celebrated jockey. Lettered with title and 'Drawn Etch'd & Pubd by Dighton. Charg Cross. 1806' and inscribed in ink 'Mr Mellish'.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	A Hero of the Turf & his Agent (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Etching, coloured by hand Etching
Brief description	Print by Robert Dighton
Physical description	Caricature portraits of Col. Henry Francis Mellish and Francis Buckle, the celebrated jockey. Lettered with title and 'Drawn Etch'd & Pubd by Dighton. Charg Cross. 1806' and inscribed in ink 'Mr Mellish'.
Dimensions	Height: 24.62cm Width: 20.00cm Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1954 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions	'Drawn Etch'd & Pubd by Dighton. Charg Cross. 1806' (Lettered with title and) (Inscribed in ink 'Mr Mellish')
Subject depicted	Caricatures
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1954 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.54-1954

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O587319/a-hero-of-the-turf-print-dighton-robert/

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